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Single Song Sunday: House Carpenter (Natalie Merchant, Nickel Creek, Roger McGuinn, Tim O'Brien)

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2008-01-06 16:51:00 by boyhowdy in Cover Lay Down
...McGuinn are a world away from the mournful, driving blues Natalie Merchant brings to the piece. And interpretations by folkfave youngsters The Mammals and Nickel Creek provide a study in contrast, two new-folkgrass bands taking the song through vastly distinct but equally powerful paces Try 'em all. Find your favorite. It is, after all, the...
 
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Roger McGuinn Sings at Cox TV Conference

2008-03-19 18:05:00 by Editor in News
 
...McGuinn , a Rock n Roll Hall of Famer and founding member of The Byrds, sang his hits and told the stories behind his songs to the lucky guests in attendance. McGuinn wrote a number of The Byrds biggest tunes including You Showed Me, Eight Miles High and Mr. Spaceman
 
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Roger Mcguinn presents Treasures From The Folkden

2008-08-31 05:29:22 by Gudrun Miller in MORNING GLORY
 
...McGuinn (the Byrds) brings together friends and influences on 2001s Treasures From The Folkden. He duets Judy Collins, Tommy Makem, Pete Seeger and others This is a heartfelt reading of traditional folksongs by some of the best. But alas it does not live up to all the good press it got. The album is at its worst (which is most of it) a milieu...
 
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Roger McGuinn, Legendary Frontman For The Byrds, Is Still Flying

2008-11-20 15:32:29 by Pete Freedman in DC9 At Night
 
Listening to Eight Miles High, even 40 years after it was an unlikely hit, it still provides a disarming shock; the rolling bass line, atonal guitar break and angelic harmonies are so unlike anyth... Continue reading "Roger McGuinn, Legendary Frontman For The Byrds, Is Still Flying
 
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Last Night: Roger McGuinn at McDavid Studio

2008-11-24 08:33:16 by Patrick Michels in DC9 At Night
 
Roger McGuinnMcDavid StudioNovember 22, 2008Better than: Watching one of those Time Life infomercials about reliving the '60s though a 10 CD compilation featuring the likes of Hermann's Hermits and Te... Continue reading "Last Night: Roger McGuinn at McDavid Studio
 
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The Byrds - Fifth Dimension (Classic Album US 1966)

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2008-01-05 10:45:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...McGuinn had laboriously incorporated Coltrane's modal style of playing into his guitar technique, a startling accomplishment. With or without its innovative qualities, many radio stations refused to play the record, believing the title a reference to drugs, although the lyrics in actuality pertained to an approximation of airliner cruising...
 
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The Byrds - Sweetheart of The Rodeo (US 1968)

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2008-06-07 13:43:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...McGuinn and Chris Hillman decided to push forward. As de facto leader of the band, McGuinn wanted the group to expand upon the genre-bending approach of the previous album, recording an ambitious double-album overview of American musical forms that began with Bluegrass, wove through Jazz-oriented material, and culminated with a side of...
 
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The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers (Classic US 1968)

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2008-02-03 14:28:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...McGuinn and Chris Hillman. It has been suggested that the horse on the cover was intended as a replacement for Crosby (see link Crosby had been displeased with the band's wish to record the Goffin-King composition "Goin' Back" to be released as a single, believing such an act, like the Dylan cover of earlier in the year, to be a step...
 
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The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday (Classic Album US 1967)

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2008-01-06 18:27:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...McGuinn and David Crosby continued to hone their songwriting skills, and Michael Clarke, initially hired for his looks, had matured into a competent and at times impressive drummer. Probably the most surprising development was the emergence of Chris Hillman as the band's third writer, jumping from a shared credit for an instrumental on the...
 
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